My Qanba Obsidian 2 arrived yesterday. Initial impressions are good. The stick is sturdy and has a nice rubber base to keep it from moving around on your lap. I ordered some of Qanba's Gravity parts line (JOV8S lever and KS buttons) just to try in the stick and they're pretty good and look the part.
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Originally posted by speedlolita View PostMy Qanba Obsidian 2 arrived yesterday. Initial impressions are good. The stick is sturdy and has a nice rubber base to keep it from moving around on your lap. I ordered some of Qanba's Gravity parts line (JOV8S lever and KS buttons) just to try in the stick and they're pretty good and look the part.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostGreat looking stick. Go on, shock me, how much?
I saw a Hori in google search when trying to locate a stick recently, a Fighting Edge? Really liked how it looked but seems to be unavailable everywhere.
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Originally posted by Colin View PostGreat looking stick. Go on, shock me, how much?
I saw a Hori in google search when trying to locate a stick recently, a Fighting Edge? Really liked how it looked but seems to be unavailable everywhere.
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I'm in on the Obsidian 2 gang too - and from a quick hour or so I like it a lot. There have definitely been better looking sticks, but I quite like the stock look, and it's a nice weight (not too heavy, not too light) with decent grip on the rubber base. Mainly I'm glad to have a reliable PS5 option for SF6.
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Today I received a Hori Fighting Stick Alpha.
This one is suitable for use with PC (xinput), PS4 and PS5. The parts are all Hori's own Hayabusa line, which is the standard amongst their sticks. This is my first time using them but my immediate impressions are good. The Hayabusa lever feels more like an LS-32 than a JLF (possibly due to the switch levers) but isn't missing inputs or anything like that so perfectly suitable. Button impression is less enthusiastic but they're switched buttons all the same so very responsive. I would say that they're more clacky than you'd expect of an arcade button but I feel like if you gave them a week you wouldn't even think about them not being what you're used to. The Alpha has a hinged design for easy access to the internals which is where the USB cable can be wrapped up and stored in, or you can easily replace the stock parts if you don't like them. The underside has rubber (like my Obsidian 2) and while it is used more sparingly it secures the stick on my jeans plenty well. This one is £145.99 at 365games brand new, which is only about £10 more than I paid for this one used (whoops lol). I should imagine this is going to be your best option when it comes to licensed sticks if you don't fancy messing around with adapters or used sticks.
Oh, and the control panel is clear with an art insert that is easily swapped out if you should desire to.
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